Just ass uming the general public will want and regulators will have some more procedures.

Will also be interesting to see if the dude was an actual Q-400 pilot or how he knew to start the thing.

Also, from my limited understanding- could he easily get ATC clearance? ATC would expect a flight plan from an airliner, I’d think and could any old joe call in a flight plan for an airliner. I ass ume he may have politely taxied and taken off with no clearances.

He appears to have been a maintenance technician from what I have read.
I listenend to the entire ATC radio (that has been captured) and it is very, very sad.
Poor chap. There's also quite a bit of video capturing the rolls he did and flying around the area.

I’m still curious how the ATC stuff unfolded. I guess regardless of when he called them, there’s no way to stop him short of fighter jets. To dangerous and not enough time to block him with a snow plow.

I’m still curious how the ATC stuff unfolded. I guess regardless of when he called them, there’s no way to stop him short of fighter jets. To dangerous and not enough time to block him with a snow plow.

The Guardian report describes him stealing the aircraft after beginning a "start up" procedure and "barging" onto the runway.

The excerpts appear to show that he was sad, a little reflective... exhilarated by what he had achieved, He made some references to going to jail and at one point expressed a fear that a nearby airport had "anti-aircraft" by which I assume he meant anti-aircraft guns. He made reference to having flown planes in "video games". There are the obvious references to GTA in various comment threads I have read.

Thinking forward I wonder what sort of ramifications this might have for the future. New procedures to deal with stolen aircraft?
This individual appears to have been a "responsible" suicider, in that he didn't wish to cause impact to other people.